Comments on: Building Social Products in India http://mayank.name/2010/01/18/building-social-products-in-india/ Thoughts on Business, Marketing and Social Media Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: abhishek http://mayank.name/2010/01/18/building-social-products-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 abhishek Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:45:15 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=1238#comment-1731 And to quote the biggest reason which we miss out very often, its so glaring that it blinds us! Where is the internet bandwidth in India, on desktops on mobiles? You can't make a product whose career is in such a nascent stage. And to quote the biggest reason which we miss out very often, its so glaring that it blinds us!
Where is the internet bandwidth in India, on desktops on mobiles?
You can’t make a product whose career is in such a nascent stage.

]]> By: abhishek http://mayank.name/2010/01/18/building-social-products-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 abhishek Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:38:40 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=1238#comment-1720 Aren't we deviating from the topic a bit here. Social Media discussion might be my cup of tea. A discussion about "why nots of something" is not. Still to answer your question, There is definitely lack of "Made in India, Made for World category" products, no doubt about that. Reason can be our culture, our upbringing, our education system, lack of infrastructure anything. So, what you are upto now? Life after Kwippy? Aren’t we deviating from the topic a bit here. Social Media discussion might be my cup of tea. A discussion about “why nots of something” is not.

Still to answer your question, There is definitely lack of “Made in India, Made for World category” products, no doubt about that. Reason can be our culture, our upbringing, our education system, lack of infrastructure anything.

So, what you are upto now? Life after Kwippy?

]]> By: mayank http://mayank.name/2010/01/18/building-social-products-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 mayank Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:43:17 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=1238#comment-1719 @Everyone: Thanks for stopping by and apologies for the delayed replies. @Abhishek: I have moved out of Kwippy but my partner Dipankar has some plans for it. So, I am as eager to see the re-run as you are :) @Indus: Interesting points there. I kinda agree on innovations being ignored by the media because of obvious reasons but talking about users it's mostly the laggards that ignore innovation as they can't figure it out (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations). Coming to the second point which is more likely that innovative products(could have issues marketing themselves or creating a strong word-of-mouth). In which case the ecosystem should have some provision to help these innovations(assuming they are there) to reach out. What say? @Sameer: Firstly I'd like thank you for your kind words and believing in the product/team. Though I was and still am quite convinved with what we did and could possibly achieve, I have personally grown out of Kwippy which is a personal thing more than anything else. However if Kwippy is to see light of the day again I'll definitely try to add some value in whichever way possible. Also,do you agree with lack of products in the Made in India, Made for World category? If so, what do you think is the reason? @Everyone: Thanks for stopping by and apologies for the delayed replies.

@Abhishek: I have moved out of Kwippy but my partner Dipankar has some plans for it. So, I am as eager to see the re-run as you are :)

@Indus: Interesting points there. I kinda agree on innovations being ignored by the media because of obvious reasons but talking about users it’s mostly the laggards that ignore innovation as they can’t figure it out (Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations).

Coming to the second point which is more likely that innovative products(could have issues marketing themselves or creating a strong word-of-mouth). In which case the ecosystem should have some provision to help these innovations(assuming they are there) to reach out. What say?

@Sameer: Firstly I’d like thank you for your kind words and believing in the product/team.

Though I was and still am quite convinved with what we did and could possibly achieve, I have personally grown out of Kwippy which is a personal thing more than anything else. However if Kwippy is to see light of the day again I’ll definitely try to add some value in whichever way possible.

Also,do you agree with lack of products in the Made in India, Made for World category? If so, what do you think is the reason?

]]> By: sameer guglani http://mayank.name/2010/01/18/building-social-products-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1717 sameer guglani Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:18:30 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=1238#comment-1717 Kwippy is a innovative idea (India->Globe). Your 20k users are testimony to the that fact that it could have grown to become a significant player in the social conversation space & with a dedicated effort it still can. I honestly think instead of letting it slowly die, you guys should: - figure out a way to give it minimum 12 months of dedicated full-time effort - at the end of 12 months you can decide the future course - have a plan which will make kwippy cash flow positive by end of 12 months - that gives you infinite runway, removes the dependency on a external funding - your dreams are too important, you can not leave their fate in the hand of others (investors, acquirers) etc - India has still not reached a point where every good idea + good team manages to find funding and its not going to change anytime soon - you have to create your venture in a way that can succeed on it own (funding or no funding) Looking forward to the return of Kwippy. Kwippy is a innovative idea (India->Globe). Your 20k users are testimony to the that fact that it could have grown to become a significant player in the social conversation space & with a dedicated effort it still can. I honestly think instead of letting it slowly die, you guys should:

– figure out a way to give it minimum 12 months of dedicated full-time effort
- at the end of 12 months you can decide the future course
– have a plan which will make kwippy cash flow positive by end of 12 months
– that gives you infinite runway, removes the dependency on a external funding
- your dreams are too important, you can not leave their fate in the hand of others (investors, acquirers) etc
- India has still not reached a point where every good idea + good team manages to find funding and its not going to change anytime soon
- you have to create your venture in a way that can succeed on it own (funding or no funding)

Looking forward to the return of Kwippy.

]]> By: Indus Khaitan http://mayank.name/2010/01/18/building-social-products-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Indus Khaitan Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:58:33 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=1238#comment-1715 Completely share your views on why we are not able to do "innovation" and why we are focusing on "improvisation" to a large extent. IMO, there are two main issues : 1. I think I have felt that brand new products ("innovation") are getting ignored to a large part by users, media (old/mainstream) 2. Either users are not able to find the new products or there are few champions to generate the interest. Indus Completely share your views on why we are not able to do “innovation” and why we are focusing on “improvisation” to a large extent.

IMO, there are two main issues :

1. I think I have felt that brand new products (“innovation”) are getting ignored to a large part by users, media (old/mainstream)

2. Either users are not able to find the new products or there are few champions to generate the interest.

Indus

]]> By: abhishek manocha http://mayank.name/2010/01/18/building-social-products-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 abhishek manocha Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:56:30 +0000 http://mayank.name/?p=1238#comment-1714 Well Mayank, I tried to contact you on LinkedIn over kwippy month back too. Well that is that. I wasn't able to make up to SMC, but as such kwippy is nice idea, not at all bad one. Well, it has niche admittedly, among the status messages buff (I am one of those) and I feel more of its market is abroad not in India, that can be of the reasons why it didn't succeed that much. (Point to ponder), anwyways still there presentation covered a lot. My LI question still unanswered though, is kwippy defunct now? Well Mayank,

I tried to contact you on LinkedIn over kwippy month back too. Well that is that. I wasn’t able to make up to SMC, but as such kwippy is nice idea, not at all bad one. Well, it has niche admittedly, among the status messages buff (I am one of those) and I feel more of its market is abroad not in India, that can be of the reasons why it didn’t succeed that much. (Point to ponder), anwyways still there presentation covered a lot.

My LI question still unanswered though, is kwippy defunct now?

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